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1.charts: tables, graphs, lists, and other ways of showing data in the text
2.graphics: photographs, drawings, or maps within the text
3.heading: a word or phrase in bold print that show the text's topic or theme
4.inference: a conclusion based on facts, reasoning, and "reading between the lines"
5.informational text: a nonfiction text, written to share factual information
6.iterary nonfiction: this type of text includes literary elements and devices normally found in fiction, but it tells about real people, places, or events
7.literary devices: tools used by the author to make the story interesting (such as dialogue, alliteration, etc.
8.main idea: the author's most important point, usually found in the topic sentence
9.multiple meaning words: words that can have several meanings, depending upon how they are used in a sentence
10.narrative: a type of text that tells a story
11.nonfiction: actual writing that explains, informs, or describes (rather than entertains)
12.paraphrase: restate something you read or hear by putting it in your own words
13.personification: giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to something that is not human
14.plot: a story's sequence of events
15.prefix: a group of letters placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning
16.setting: a story's time and place
17.simile: comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
18.style: how an author writes, using language to interest the reader in his or her purpose
19.suffix: a group of letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning
20.summarize: to retell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter way, using your own words
21.synonym: one word that has the same meaning as another word
22.theme: a major idea that is the topic of discussion or writing
1.-ful means: full of
2.-ful, -less, -ble, -ly, -or, -ness, -ment: suffixes
3.-less means....: without
4.-ly means....: in that way
5.action: what is GOING ON in the passage; another word for event
6.alliteration: sound repetition- Fantastic Fourth graders!
7.antonyms: words that mean the opposite
8.antonyms: cooperative/stubborn soft/hard fact/opinion
9.author's purpose: This is WHY the author wrote the article, story, passage, etc.
10.biography: A life story written about a person by ANOTHER person
11.careful: full of care
12.carefully: in a careful way
13.careless: without care
14.cause/effect: Clue words: because of, since, as a result
15.character: A person, animal, or thing in the passage.
16.compare/contrast: Clue words: on the other hand, but, in contrast, like, similar, difference
17.disappear: the opposite of appear
18.dislike: the opposite of like
19.entertain: An author might write to make you laugh, to enjoy yourself, to have a good time reading, to make you feel strong emotions....
20.event: something that HAPPENS in a story
21.facts: truths
22.happily: in a happy way
23.headings: These are BOLD words and phrases at the TOP of passages
24.hopeful: full of hope
25.hopeless: without hope
26.in- and non- mean.....: not
27.incapable: not capable
28.inform: An author might write to try and tell you about something, explain directions....
29.insecure: not secure
30.insensitive: not senstive
31.lovingly: in a loving way
32.main idea: what the passage is MOSTLY about
33.narrator: The person telling the story
34.opinions: someone's beliefs
35.personification: Non-humans acting like humans
36.persuade: An author might write to try to change your mind, convince of something....
37.pre- means....: before
38.prefixes: word parts at the BEGINNING of words
39.preheat: to heat before you cook
40.preschool: school before regular school
41.preview: to view before
42.problem/solution: Clue words: problem, solution, effect, hopeful
43.question/answer: Clue words: who, what, when, where, why
44.re-, pre-, in-, un-, dis-, mis-, non-: prefixes
45.rearrange: to arrange again
46.reheat: to heat again
47.reread: to read again
48.sequence: Clue words: first, second, next, after, finally
49.similes: compares TWO things using LIKE or AS She is as slow as a snail.
50.solution: how the problem is solved in the story
51.subject of a biography: The person that the biography is about
52.suffixes: word parts at the ENDS of words
53.summary: a shortened version of a passage
54.synonyms: beautiful/pretty old/ancient difficult/hard
55.synonyms: words that mean the same
56.text organization: how the author organized his/her writing
57.un- and -dis mean....: the opposite of
58.uncaring: the opposite of caring
59.undo: the opposite of do
60.unwind: the opposite of wind
1.alliteration: repetition of the same sound
2.antonym: two words with opposite meanings
3.author's purpose: reason for writing
4.fact: a statement that can be proven true or false
5.genre: categories that classify literary works
6.homophone: words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelled differently
7.hyperbole: extreme exaggeration
8.idiom: a phrase not to be understood if taken literally. EX. It's raining cats and dogs.
9.inference: a guess based on what you read and what you already know
10.metaphor: comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'
11.onomatopoeia: sound words EX. moo, snap, plop, meow, ETC.
12.opinion: what someone thinks or feels; cannot be proven true or false
13.personification: giving an object human qualities
14.plot: the events of a story
15.prefix: a group of letters (affix) attached to the front of a word to change its meaning
16.resolution: where the problem in the story is worked out
17.root word: the form of a word after all affixes have been removed EX. reprint - once the prefix re- is removed, the root is print
18.simile: comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
19.suffix: a group of letters (affix) attached to the end of a word to change its meaning
20.summary: to retell including only main points
21.synonym: two words with similar meanings
22.text structure: the way a piece of writing is organized; this is especially true of nonfiction
23.thesaurus: a book of synonyms